In our midseason report card, it appeared Rutgers baseball had a chance to up their game and earn a B1G tournament berth. Heading into the final week of the season that still seemed like a possibility. After walking off Illinois in dramatic fashion, the Scarlet Knights put themselves in position to control their own destiny. They would not win another game.
On Tuesday the team dropped both ends of a doubleheader at third place Minnesota, 6-2 and 6-0, as the offense never got going. They still had a mathematical chance if they could sweep Northwestern.